Starting off this thread with the announcement that Tyler Toffoli is re-signed for 3 years 13.8 mil. This after Pearson got a 4 year 15 mil deal. Hard for me to digest a season without seeing Sutter (and his always entertaining son in the stands) or hearing Bob Miller call the games. Rumors around that the team is interested in Evander Kane. It's been a bit underwhelming since our last SC trip.

We're going to need Pearson and Toffoli to both stay healthy and step up. And we definitely need Kopitar to return to form. Along with Carter, there's 4 of our Top 6. I'm guessing that Kempe will be given a shot to assume a Top 6 role. Assuming that the team tries to put Gaborik on long-term IR, which would wipe out his cap hit for the time being, I don't see anyone else in the organization that could be a Top 6 guy--and don't tell me Dustin Brown--so interest in a player outside the organization could make sense. Kane is certainly very talented, though he comes with some off-the-ice issues.

If we did try to trade for a Top 6 type, do we have much of anything that other teams would want? We are 2 defenseman short IMO, so if we moved one of Martinez or Muzzin or Forbort, that just really exacerbates the D corps now. I mean, if someone wants McNabb, be my guest LOL. If we tried to sign a Top 6 forward, do we even have the cap space to do that? Maybe if Gaborik's contract were off the cap?_________________My body is ready: we're signing LeBron and PG, re-signing Randle, getting Lopez to take the room exception, and trading Deng with two 1st's.

Starting off this thread with the announcement that Tyler Toffoli is re-signed for 3 years 13.8 mil. This after Pearson got a 4 year 15 mil deal. Hard for me to digest a season without seeing Sutter (and his always entertaining son in the stands) or hearing Bob Miller call the games. Rumors around that the team is interested in Evander Kane. It's been a bit underwhelming since our last SC trip.

We're going to need Pearson and Toffoli to both stay healthy and step up. And we definitely need Kopitar to return to form. Along with Carter, there's 4 of our Top 6. I'm guessing that Kempe will be given a shot to assume a Top 6 role. Assuming that the team tries to put Gaborik on long-term IR, which would wipe out his cap hit for the time being, I don't see anyone else in the organization that could be a Top 6 guy--and don't tell me Dustin Brown--so interest in a player outside the organization could make sense. Kane is certainly very talented, though he comes with some off-the-ice issues.

If we did try to trade for a Top 6 type, do we have much of anything that other teams would want? We are 2 defenseman short IMO, so if we moved one of Martinez or Muzzin or Forbort, that just really exacerbates the D corps now. I mean, if someone wants McNabb, be my guest LOL. If we tried to sign a Top 6 forward, do we even have the cap space to do that? Maybe if Gaborik's contract were off the cap?

Did a little internet searching and saw a rumor that the Kings are interested in Lightning forward Jonathan Drouin, and that the discussion is centering around Jake Muzzin.

I like Drouin a lot, and value him more highly than Muzzin in a vacuum, but Drouin is a RFA, and I would suspect that he is going to have to get paid about the same as Muzzin. But he's 22 and really does have star potential IMO, and he could be a little sparkplug type of player like a Gaudreau for the Flames. If something like this did happen, we'd be pretty thin on D, though. But maybe they think it would be worth it in the long run._________________My body is ready: we're signing LeBron and PG, re-signing Randle, getting Lopez to take the room exception, and trading Deng with two 1st's.

Did a little internet searching and saw a rumor that the Kings are interested in Lightning forward Jonathan Drouin, and that the discussion is centering around Jake Muzzin.

I like Drouin a lot, and value him more highly than Muzzin in a vacuum, but Drouin is a RFA, and I would suspect that he is going to have to get paid about the same as Muzzin. But he's 22 and really does have star potential IMO, and he could be a little sparkplug type of player like a Gaudreau for the Flames. If something like this did happen, we'd be pretty thin on D, though. But maybe they think it would be worth it in the long run.

Dang... I know it was a longshot for the Kings to acquire Drouin, but man did he cost a pretty darn good prospect from the Habs. Probably as decent of a trade that Yzerman can get since he doesn't have to expose the player to the expansion draft. Cost Montreal a lot as they immediately signed him to a big extension. So.... does that mean Alex Galchenyuk is now available?

Dang... I know it was a longshot for the Kings to acquire Drouin, but man did he cost a pretty darn good prospect from the Habs. Probably as decent of a trade that Yzerman can get since he doesn't have to expose the player to the expansion draft. Cost Montreal a lot as they immediately signed him to a big extension. So.... does that mean Alex Galchenyuk is now available?

Maybe they will take McNabb. If so, I won't be shedding any tears._________________My body is ready: we're signing LeBron and PG, re-signing Randle, getting Lopez to take the room exception, and trading Deng with two 1st's.

On another note, three of those players (Gaborik, Iginla, and Brown) combined to score 241 points in a season....in 2007-08.

That's like a Gretzky season by himself in the 1980's with the Oilers LOL._________________My body is ready: we're signing LeBron and PG, re-signing Randle, getting Lopez to take the room exception, and trading Deng with two 1st's.

NHL draft was completed earlier on Saturday, and the Kings drafted Gabriel Vilardi with the #11 pick on Friday! He was projected as a top-5 pick and only behind the first 2 picks in ranking at the center position.

It's been an interesting few weeks for the LA teams. Dodgers draft a guy who was projected as a top 15 pick that dropped in their laps. Kings draft a guy who was projected as a top 4 pick that dropped in their laps. Lakers get their guy at 2. Hopefully they all pan out.

NHL draft was completed earlier on Saturday, and the Kings drafted Gabriel Vilardi with the #11 pick on Friday! He was projected as a top-5 pick and only behind the first 2 picks in ranking at the center position.

It's been an interesting few weeks for the LA teams. Dodgers draft a guy who was projected as a top 15 pick that dropped in their laps. Kings draft a guy who was projected as a top 4 pick that dropped in their laps. Lakers get their guy at 2. Hopefully they all pan out.

NHL draft was completed earlier on Saturday, and the Kings drafted Gabriel Vilardi with the #11 pick on Friday! He was projected as a top-5 pick and only behind the first 2 picks in ranking at the center position.

It's been an interesting few weeks for the LA teams. Dodgers draft a guy who was projected as a top 15 pick that dropped in their laps. Kings draft a guy who was projected as a top 4 pick that dropped in their laps. Lakers get their guy at 2. Hopefully they all pan out.

From what I've read, he's been compared to a Jaromir Jagr or a Marian Hossa.

He's been compared to a lot of different players: Jagr, Tavares, Perry, etc. It depends on what teams think he'll end up being, a winger or center. With the Kings, most likely he'll play center.

Kings sign Michael Cammalleri who was our 49th overall pick in 2001. Skilled forward who just can't stay healthy. Formerly a decent speedy little guy who plays smart on the offensive end but again, made of glass. But I guess he comes full circle after we traded him for the 12th overall pick, which became the 13th after we traded again and chose the wrong D-man in a pretty good D-man draft year (Teubert over Karlsson/Sbisa/Carlson/Del Zotto/Gardiner, imagine Doughty with any one of those)._________________http://media.giphy.com/media/zNyBPu5hEFpu/giphy.gifhttp://bartsblackboard.com/files/2009/11/The-Simpsons-05x18-Burns-Heir.jpg

Kings sign Michael Cammalleri who was our 49th overall pick in 2001. Skilled forward who just can't stay healthy. Formerly a decent speedy little guy who plays smart on the offensive end but again, made of glass. But I guess he comes full circle after we traded him for the 12th overall pick, which became the 13th after we traded again and chose the wrong D-man in a pretty good D-man draft year (Teubert over Karlsson/Sbisa/Carlson/Del Zotto/Gardiner, imagine Doughty with any one of those).

I'm not exactly optimistic about this coming season. We're still in cap hell._________________My body is ready: we're signing LeBron and PG, re-signing Randle, getting Lopez to take the room exception, and trading Deng with two 1st's.

Great start. Not much of a hockey fan but a supporter because of LA. Dodgers and Rams are playing great! Come on Lakers join the party!_________________Nobody in the NBA can touch the Laker brand, which, like the uniform color, is pure gold.

I have been focused on the Dodgers, but I've seen parts of a couple of Kings games so far. Brown actually looks useful again. Quick looks locked in and healthy, which is great. But we're going to have to get by without Carter for a couple of months now, it appears. That's a big blow._________________My body is ready: we're signing LeBron and PG, re-signing Randle, getting Lopez to take the room exception, and trading Deng with two 1st's.

Focused too much on the Dodgers' World Series run, but watching the LA Kings from the distance. Sucks that this is the first year without the Big 3 in LA announcing: Hearn , Scully, and Miller . A great start for the Kings became very tough with the loss of Jeff Carter for several weeks.